Hogshead



March 26, 1935. H, BASS 1,995,287A

HOGSHEAD March 26, 1935.

H. L. BASS HOGSHEAD Filed Oct. 9, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 26,l 1935 f y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEy .f

"HoofsnlEAnv Henry 1L. Bass, Hopkinsville; Ky. Applicaticn'october 9, 1931,1'seri1N0. 567,931

10 Claims. (orari-44j My invention relates tohogsheads and parthree plies of glued` Wood veneer are used to ticularly to such as are used fori shipping toconstitute the sheet formingthe tubular body, bacco. The principal object of the invention is the grain of the innermost ply extends in'the to provide a hogshead which isable to withstand same direction as that of the outermost ply,

. l5 rough usage, which issufciently tightto pracnamely, in the direction of length'ofv the hogs- 5 -tically exclude moisture, which may be cheaply head .1

produced and which may be stored or shipped g A further feature of the invention consists in in compact knock-down formy enabling it to forming the body'or tubular :portion of fthe be .assembled by the user as the occasion may hogshead from' a sheet of three plyglued Veneer,

l require and to be reshipped for further use after the outer and inner plies whereof have itheir 10 -its contents have been removed. grain running longitudinally of vthe hogshead Hogsheads used for'the shipment of tobacco kand the,intermediate ply Ahavingj its grain runare commonly made of staves and their conning circumferentially of thebody,"the inner ply struction and bulkinessare such that, .although being thicker'than the outermost ply as' Well as l they are relatively expensive, they are not gen? thicker than the intermediate ply;v f i ,l5- erally reshipped for further use after having yOther features of the invention relating to once been lled, To .minimize the .loss occarelations of parts and advantageous structural sioned by discarding Athe hogsheads after a single "details Will vhereinafter appear and be particuse, it is usual to make them as cheaplyas pos ularly pointed' out in the claims. f

20 sible and of as low grade material as itis pos- In the drawings illustrating Vpreferred forms 20 .-30 beyond Vthe seas,r because they permit moisture line 4&4', Figure 1.

o-.heads to thus. formthe tubular/body. vWhere of gluedltwo ply Wood veneer.

sible to employ. Hogsheads, therefore, not unof the inventon,`- commonly exhibit substantial cracks kbeni/een f Figure 1 is an' elevational View 0f a hogshead the staves, and the Wood from Which the staves embodying ,the invention. f y i are made frequentlycontains cracks andknots, FigureV 2 is a detail sectional veW'on the line the latter being'apt'to become'knocked'out dur- 2 2, Figure l. 4 f y ing shipmentof the hogshead andltherebyleaviFigure 3 is a detail elevational' view ofthe ing an Opening through thestave. Thesecracks interior of the hogshead `at the'lon'gitudinally Orl-'openings in the hogsheadare a matter of extending -joint ofthe tubular body. y seriousY disadvantage in the .export` of tobacco f Figure'i-is'av transverse sectional vieW'fon 'the .t0 have .readygcess to the tobacco and to rloe 'Figure 5 isa'detail sectional view on the lineA unduly absorbed thereby. Foreign import duties -5-5,fFgl1ref1,-Sh0Wng the relatOIl 0f the head on tobacco are generally ata given rateper to the tubular'body." Y y pound and the amountof moisture absorbed by Figure 6 is a detail sectional View on the line the tobacco during shipment across the ocean 6--'6, Figure 1,showingthe manner in whichfein a hogshead of the character commonly used parts are' interleaved at the ends'of the' tubular is not infrequently'suiflcient to Acause an inbody adjacent the longitudinal joint thereof. 'crease in the weight of the tobacco correspondvFigure 7 is a detail sectional View onthe line ing to an increased import duty to the extent 7-4-7, Figurel.- y l v y 40 of several dollars. In extreme cases the Weight Figure 8 is a detail-sectional View on the'line40 of the tobacco in the hogshead may thus be 8 8,r Figure '7. y y i increased nearly ten per cent. By Smy invention Figure 9 is a Viewv corresponding to Figure 4, these disadvantages are substantiallyv overcome but illustrating a Vmodineol form of the invention and a hogshead which is practical for use and in which the tubular bodyis formed of twofsheets re-use is capable of economicproduction. of glued veneer instead f egsin'gle Sheet.' "45 The principal feature o'f the invention con- Figure 10` is a detail sectionalv View taken diavsists in forming the .body'or tubular portion of metrically hmu'gh ODG Of the heads. l l .the hogshead from a sheet consisting of ay plu- Figure 1111s a'feal SCi'fOnal View Of 'DOItOn rality of plies of wood veneer glued together so 'of the sheet of Yglueduthree'ply Woodv veneer such that the grain of the outermost ply runs lengthas it isp'referred toemploy to form the tubula'rffoy Wise `of the tube While that of the next inner ply body of the hogshead.

of veneer extends circumferentially of the tube, Figure 12-is a view correspondnglo'gllle 11 means being provided for connecting the Valoutbut illustratingv the arrangement of plies when ting edges of the plies 1engi-,hwise of .the zhogsv the sheet-from which the body isfo'rznedconsists ,sembled structure.

the band 11 may be rigidly secured to the glued Vwood veneer sheet by means of 'one Vor more of The hogshead is formed with a tubular body 1 which is closed at its ends by heads 2. The tubular body is formed of sheet glued wood veneer. As shown in Figure 4 a single sheet of sufficient size to form the complete circumference of the hogshead is preferably used but, as illustrated in Figure 9, the tubular body portion of the hogshead may conveniently beformed from a plurality of sheets 1a each sufficiently large to form half of the body. The sheet from which the tubular body is fashioned is preferably of rectangular form and advantageously consists of glued three ply wood veneer formed (see Figure 11) from an outermost ply 3, the grain whereof is arranged to run lengthwise of the hogshead, an innermost ply 4 whose grain likewise runs in the direction of length of the hogshead and a middle or intermediate ply 5, the grain of which extends circumferentially of the tubular body, the abutting surfaces of the outer ply and the intermediate ply being gluedtogether as :indicated aty 6 and the abutting surfaces of the plies 4 and 5 being glued together as indicated at 7. By thus disposing the grain of the outer Ilayer or ply and by 'relating it in the described manner to the grain of the other plies-the required strength is imparted to the tubular body without rendering `.the glued Wood'veneer sheet from which itis formed too stiff to be bent to the desired'shape by .a simple bending operation. To impart maximum strength to the tubular body without unduly impairing the flexibility of the sheet of glued veneer the innermost ply 4 may vadvantageously be made of a thickness substantially greater than that of the intermediate ply as well as of the outermost ply 3, such increased thickness'of the f innermost ply being made possible of practical accomplishment by reason of the manner in which the grains of ther several plies are related. In practice the outermost ply 3 may advantageously be made of wood one-sixteenth of an inch thick 'and theintermediate ply 5 may be of a like thickness, 'while the innermost ply 4 may be twice as thick. Where, however, as` shown in Figure 12, the tubular body portion of the hogshead is I formed of a sheet consisting of glued two ply wood veneerr it is preferred to form each of those plies, 8 and r9 respectively, of; equal thickness, their abutting surfaces being glued together atlO. But

as in the construction where glued wood three ply veneer is employed, the outer ply 8 of thetwo ply sheet has its grain running lengthwise of the hogshead while the inner ply 9 `adjacent thereto has its grain extending circumferentially.

,l Midway between its ends the tubular body member 1 mayadvantageously be provided with a metallic band or hoop 11 which may be cony veniently made about six inches wide and of 29 gauge sheet metal. The band 11 forms a* surface permitting the hogshead to be readily rolled Y and manipulated in the usual manner with the aid of a cut-sticktand protects the underlying ply of veneer from beingscarred or injured during such rolling, in addition to reinforcing the hogshead. at this point. The band 1l is secured to the sheet forming the tubular body 1 of the hogshead so as to conform to the` sheet when the llatter is flat or knocked-down as well as,

when it `assumes cylindrical shape in the as- For this purposeone end of the rivets 12 by which the sheet issecured to the metallic -joint strip 13 through whichthe abutting ends of thel sheet Vare attached to 'eachv other. At intervals in its direction of length the band is provided with elongated slots 14 for receiving rivets 15 connecting the band to the sheet of glued wood veneer. In this manner the band 11 is permitted to creep or slide slightly with respect to the sheetso as to adjust itself to the shape of the latter.

Secured by means of the rivets 12 to the inner side of the sheet forming the tubular body 1 is an inner joint strip` 16 which is preferably of wood and'which may advantageously have its ends bevelled as indicated at 16, the bevelling being for the purpose of preventing injury to the tobacco when it is forced into the hogshead by a press. The outer joint strip 13 andthe inner joint strip 16 extend circumferentially of the hogshead beyond the longitudinal edge of the portion of the glued veneer sheet to which they are secured, thus providing between them a slot or recess 18 for receiving the opposite end of the sheet. To detachably connect this latter end ofthe sheet to thejoint strips 13 vand 16 said endis preferably provided with a series of slightly elongatedslots 19 for receiving stove bolts 20 which also pass through the outer and inner joint strips'land 16 respectively. The elongation' ofthe slots 19 in the sheet of glued wood veneer enables the stove bolts to be readily placed in lassembled position and also provides for slight variations in the diameter of the' hogshead. As shown in'Figures v1 and '7, the stove bolts 2O at mid-length of the joint stripspass through elongated slots inA the neighboring end of the ,band 11 encircling the middle of the hogshead.

At its opposite ends the hogshead may ad- 'vantageouslybe provided with metal bands or hoops 21 which protect the underlying portions of the glued wood veneer tubular body 1 from injury, the outer edges of said bands being preferably bent .or rolled, as indicated at 22 to form headings overlapping andv protecting the Yends of the glued veneer sheet.

The end bands 21 are preferably secured to the glued wood veneer sheet of kwhich'the tubular body 4of the hogshead` is formed in a vmanner;

similar'to that in which the middle band-11 is securedto said sheet. DOne end of each end band `21 is permanently secured to; the' bodysheetl by one of the rivets l2` by which the jointy strips, 13 and l'respectively, are attached to 'said-sheet.

`At intervals :the bands 21-,are providedfwith elongatedslots 23 for receiving rivets 24 which holdthe bands to the body; sheet ofthe hogshead with capability of adjusting themselves so as-to conform to the shape of the sheet when as-.

sembled inthe hogshead or when disassembled for shipment. The bands 21 are also` provided with a series Vof openings for receiving suitable `screws or fasteningsj25 .which hold the heads 2 The heads 2 may be formedof wood and preferably are fashioned'withaperipheral ring 26 to the inner vvend of which is secured a disk 27 of glued wood veneer. The ring 26 provides the head 2 with a flange for-receiving the screws or fastening means 25 by which the headis held in place. The'modied form of,l construction illustrated in Figure9 contemplates forming the tubular body of the hogshead from two sheets lla of glued wood veneer instead of a single sheet. Accordingly, each of `saidsheets is providedwith two outer and inner joint strips, 13 and 16 respectively, whichare thesame in form and function as the Vjoint strips previously. described; and each sheet lais associated, with end bands 21 and the midthe other side` of `said joint. Y

' ,2. A hogshead comprising a tubular kbody por- 'are like the corresponding `bands `heretofore described andperform the same `functions.`

I` claim: i!

1. A hogshead comprising a tubular bodypor-7 tionopen at its ends, heads therefonsaid,body portion" being of multiple-plygluedjwood veneer sheet iormbent to vconstitute a tubeghaving e. joint extending lengthwise ef saidnogshead, the

v grain of ,thel exterior. ofY SaidplieseXtending in the direction of length of saidtubularbody, a. joint strip extending lengthwise of said body and overlapping the latter on opposite sides .of said joint, means for securingfsaid strip to' said tubular bodyat one side of saidjoint, and means for detachably 'securing saidstrip `to said bodyv at tion open at its ends, heads therefor, said tubular body portion being of multiple-ply glued'wood veneer in sheet form bent to constitute a. tube having a joint extending lengthwise of said hogshead, said plies consisting of an vexterior ply, an interior ply, and anintermediate ply, the grain of the exterior ply and the grain of the interior ply extending in the direction of length of said tubular body, and the 'grain of` said intermediate ply extendingcircumierentially of said tubular body, a joint strip extending lengthwise of said bodyy and overlapping the body on opposite sides of said joint, means for securing said strip to said tubular body at one side of said joint, and means for detachably securing said strip to. said body at the other lside o-f said joint.

3. A hogshead comprising a tubular body portion, heads therefor, said body portion being of three ply glued wood veneer in sheet form bent to constitute a tube having a joint extending lengthwise of said hogshead, the grain of the exterior of said plies and the grainfof the interior of said plies extending in the direction of length of said tubular body, and the grain of the intermediate ply extending circumferentially of said body, the innermost ply being of greater thickness than the intermediate ply, a joint strip extending lengthwise of said body and overlapping the latter on opposite sides of said joint, means for securing said strip to said tubular body at one side of said joint, and means for detachably securing said strip tolsaid body at the other side of said joint.

v 4. -A hogshead comprising a tubular body portion open at its ends, heads therefor, said body portion being of multiple-ply glued wood fveneer in sheet form bent to constitute a tube having a joint thereinextending from one of said heads to the other, the grain of the exterior of said plies extending in the direction of length oi said tubular body, a joint strip overlapping said tub-ular body portion on opposite sides of said joint, means for securing said strip to the tubular body at one side of said joint, means for detachably` securing said strip to said body at the other side of said joint, a plurality of ilexible metallic bands encircling said body, each of said bands being at one of the ends of said tubular body andmeans for respectively securing said bands to the body, said direction of the length of' said'tubaa joint' strip of the'exter'ior ply'of said `sheet extendingy in' the overlapping-.said tubular body portion on opposite .sides 'of said joint, meanswforpermanently securing saidstrip tothe tubular body-at onel side of-said joint, means fordetac'hably Asecuring said vstriptosaid body at the other side of 'said,joint,

a --plurality of' split vflexible metallic 1 bands encircling said body, each-of said bands'being `at oneof Athe endsv of said tubular bodyfandlbeing secured at `oneend to said body adjacent said joint` at' the side of the latter to which the end or said-"joint, strip is vpermanently secured, Aand means for respectively securing lsaidbandsfto the body at points circumerentiallyy spaced around therbody, said band being provided with `6. Ahogshead comprising a tubular body portionopen at its ends, heads thereforsaidib'ody Yelongated r`slots 'for receiving saidl last named jmeans.

ing from one of said heads to the other, a joint y strip overlapping said tubular body portion on opposite sides of `said joint, means for securing said strip to the tubular body-at one side of said joint, means for detachably securing said strip to said body at the other side of saidjoint, a plurality of split flexible metallic bands encirclingY said body, each of said bands being at one of the ends of lsaid tubular body, and having its ends secured to and terminating under said joint strip, and means spaced circumferentially of said body for respectively securing saidy bands to the body, said bands being provided withA elongated slots for receiving vsaid last named means.

7. A hogshead comprising a tubular podyportion open at its ends, heads therefor, said body portionA being of glued `wood veneer in sheet form bent to constitute a tube having a joint therein extending from one of said heads to the other,

a joint strip overlapping said tubularbody porends and having a portion underlying the said.v

joint strip, and means spaced circumferentially around `said tubular body for connecting said band to said body, said band being provided with elongated slots for receiving said last named means. f

8. A hogshead comprising a tubular body portion at its ends, heads therefor, said body portion being of glued wood veneer in sheet form bent to constitute a tube having a joint therein extending from one of said heads to the other, a joint strip overlapping said tubular body portion on oppositesides of said joint, means for securing said strip to the tubular body at one Side of` said joint, means for detachably securing said strip to said body at the other side of said joint, a split flexible metallic band encircling said body substantially midway between the ends of the lattermeans for respectively securing the ends of said band to the joint strip,

portion being of glued Wood lVeneer in sheet form 'Ity bent to constitute ai tube having a jointA extendj joint, means for vdetachably securing said strip to said body atfthe other side of said joint, a plurality of split flexible metailic'bands encircling said body, each of said bands .being bent inwardlylalong Yone edge to overlap the adjacent end of vsaid sheet', means for Asecuring Vthe opposite ends ofthe respective-bands-to said joint Y strip, and means spaced ciroumferentially of the tubular body for securing said bands to the body,

Asaid bands being provided with elongated slots for receiving said last named means.

- 10. A hogshead comprising a tubular body portion open at its ends, heads therefor, said body portionbeing of glued wood veneer sheet form bentto constitute a tube having a jointextendy ing from one of 'saidljheads tothe other, aplurality' of splitvfiexiblel metallicbands encircling the tubular'body, there being a band at each end of said body and a band substantially midway between the endsof said body, means for re-` spectively securing said bands to the body, said Vbands being provided With elongated slots for ,receiving said last-named means,` a joint' strip overlapping said tubular body portion on opposite sides of said, joint,v means `for connecting the opposite ends of each of said bands to said joint strip, means for securing said strip tothe tubular bodyA at one side ofsaid joint, means for detachablysecuring said strip to said body at the vother side of said joint, and means spaced circumerentially ofthe ,body forvssecuring said bands to the body, each of said bands being provided with elongatedslots for receiving s aid last named means.

HENRY L; Bass.k 20 

